Thanks again for looking, ironshield - @ironshield. From what I understand, many of these Columbus Silver Halves were distributed, at a Worlds's Fair, in 1894. About the same time, a panic in the market, hard times, caused people to spend them into circulation. I picked up several, out of a Local Coin Shop, junk box, cheap. Minted and dated in 1892 & 1893, about one million each.